Brexit: Less impact to Malaysian traders in short term
The Brexit or the British exit from the European Union (EU) in a historic referendum on 23 June 2016 has affected the money market (shares, bonds, debentures, derivatives) goods and services, property market/assets and labour market. The market shocks in the United Kingdom (UK) begin in the money market and it is very much influenced […]
Bangladesh Faces Terror
While the people of Bangladesh are in the grip of panic and anxiety following the gruesome terrorist attack in the capital city Dhaka, the government has tightened security measures all over the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities of all the 64 districts of the country to form committees everywhere to trace […]
US experts: bilateral negotiation better way to settle South China Sea disputes
(Liao Zhengjun, Zhang Penghui of People’s Daily) – The South China Sea arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines was a weak substitute for realistic but honest foreign policy, and the US should have urged the Philippines to return to a diplomatic resolution, an American expert on foreign policy said. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior […]
US should not challenge China’s bottom line in South China Sea issue
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily – A dialogue on the South China Sea between Chinese and US think tanks was held in Washington DC on Tuesday. The dialogue came at the right time as political forces of the US and the Philippines are now meddling in the waters of the South China Sea. The dialogue not only told the US strategists China’s resolution and […]
Russian destroyer, Indian Navy destroyer to take part in Indra Navy 2016 drills
A large anti-submarine ship, a destroyer, an anti-submarine helicopter, a tanker and a tugboat will represent Russia at the joint Russian-Indian naval exercise Indra Navy 2016, spokesman for the Eastern Military District, Colonel Alexander Gordeyev told, TASS reported on July 6. “The exercise will involve from the Russian side: a large anti-submarine ship of Project 1155, […]
South China Sea arbitration abuses international law, threatens world order
Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily – A seminar on the South China Sea Arbitration and International Rule of Law was held on July 3 in the Hague, the location of the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s arbitral tribunal. At the seminar hosted by both Chinese and Dutch academic institutions, experts from various countries warned that the unilateral filing […]
Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming: China Is Not Trying to ‘Rule the Waves’
By Baiyang from People’s Daily – On 23 June 2016, the World Post website published an article entitled China Is Not Trying to ‘Rule the Waves’ by Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK. The full text is as follows: “Rule, Britannia! Rule the waves!” This was the patriotic chant of the British Royal Navy when […]
South China Sea arbitration to have negative impact on international rule of law
Pei Guangjiang, Hu Zexi and Xu Liqun from People’s Daily – Some 30 international law experts gathered at Hague on Sunday for a seminar in which many have voiced their doubts and concerns over the negative impact that the South China Sea arbitration will bring to the rule of law at the international level. Hu Dekun, dean […]
South China Sea arbitration nothing more than a political farce
People’s Daily, Zhong Sheng – The South China Sea arbitral tribunal, which was established under the unilateral request of the Philippines, announced on Wednesday that it will deliver the so-called “final verdict” on July 12. Such propaganda for an arbitral tribunal with no legal validity not only exposes its treacherous intention of willingly being a political […]
Struggle to Realize His Dreams
Photographs by Thomas Tham Joo Kit Empowering Lives Asia : www.facebook.com/ELA.CIP Once introduced as a Malaysian humanitarian photographer in the last May issue, Thomas Tham Joo Kit is an NGO activist/photographer taking Asian children’s photos as they are. ‘Empowering Lives Asia’(ELA) is one of the Non-Profit Social groups where he is working. There are ‘Angels’ […]
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